Louisiana students make gains in AP test scores

9:14 PM,
Feb. 11, 2014

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Louisiana is leading the nation in the growth of the number of high school seniors taking and passing advanced placement classes to earn college credit and has the third-highest growth in the in the nation in the overall number of high school students taking college-level courses.

But Louisiana still lags behind other states in the percentage of students who take the more rigorous classes in high school.

Sen. Ben Nevers, D-Bogalusa, said legislation he authored in last year's legislative session, Act 359, could change that. His new law will make it more attractive for students to take the ...